Spark-arrester.



B. BRUMBACHER.

SPARK ARRESTBR.

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SPARK ABBESTER.

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978, 1 32. Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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SPARK ABRESTBR.

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SPARK ARRESTBR.

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'l EMIL .'BROMBACHR, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SPARK-ARRESTER. l

Sipecoation oli-Letters fatent. Patented 4iDec, 13, 1910.

Application met! November 3, 1909. Serial No. 526,098.

To alliwkom 'it concern: if t BuHalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and 4useful Improvements in Spark-Arresters, of Which the following'is a specification..

This invent-ion relates to spark arresters, and has for an object to provide an apparatus of this character that can be applied to the forward' end of the boilerV of a locomotive, means being-provided whereby the sparks will be effectively conveyed to a 4collecting and Adischarging member.

Another object is to provide means for extinguishi'ngthe'ire in the sparks-before of a track structure and-their burning or injuring the ties.'

The above mentioned and other objects are attained by vthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as disclosed on the drawings, set forth in this specification, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, formi-ng a portion of this specification and in-,which like nu- V. merals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a locomotiveJ showing my improved spark arrester apv plied thereto, parts being l in. section to YclearlyV disclose the invention. a sectional elevation through -a portion of the locomotiveand through Va portion of;

my improved spark arrester. Fi 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 o Fig. 2.y

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing a slightly modified form ofy my invention. Fig. 5 is a detailtransverse section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. '4. Fig. 6 is a detail 'vertical section taken through thecontrolling valve ofthe exhaust steamconnection. Fig. 7 -is ansectional plan view of the receiver@ Fig. 8 is a detail vertical section taken therethrough.' Fi 9' isa view similar to Fig. l'showing astill` further modified form of my invention. Fig.' 10 is a front elevation of a portion of theboilershowing partsbroken away` to .clearly disclose the modified .formfofl my invention shown in Fig. 9. -Fig1-1-`isa detail horizontal section takenthrough'a.portion ofthe boiler shown ingFig. 9. i Fig. is `a detail. side lelevation f of a portion of the boiler showing a still y Bc it known that I, EMIL BRoMAoHi-m,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

Fig. 13 is a front elevation of the same.

With `articular reference to '.Figs. 1` to 3 inclusive of the drawings, .it will be noted that the invention is used in connec` tion ywith the boiler A of a locomotive and is located within the forward end of the boiler at a point immediately beneath, the smoke stack B.

The invention consists of a trough 1 which opens at its upper end directly into the boiler and at its lower end directly into the reduced neck 2 of a casing 3, VThis casing has revolubly mounted therein a collector 4 which is formed with a plurality of pockets 5 `which-are adapted to communicate with 'the trough 1 for a purpose to be hereinafter lfront end of a downwardly and rearwardly inclined platform or plate '6the said plate or platform having a rcentral aperture formed therein for receiving the vertical exhaust nozzle 7. lThis nozzle extends upwardly into the enlarged end 8 of a conical member 9, the u per reduced end ofthe said conical member being disposed in the lower portion of the stack B. The member 9 extends through a screen or suitable foraminous sheet of material 10, one end of the said material being secured to the rear end ofan upwardly and outwardlyl inclined plate 11, the rear end of the foraminous' sheet being secured to the lower end of ay deflector 12. 4

The live steam pipe C of the locomotive is provided withl a 'steam discharoe connection 13 which extends downwardly to the bottom of the' boiler, it being rovided with a header 14 at its lower end w ose discharge pipes or nozzles 15 -extend toward the trough- 1. The steam discharge connection y13 carries a valve lwhose operating rod 17 extends -outwardly'at'one side of the boiler and is journaled in a suitable .bearing 18.. This rod carries a'crank, arm ..19 whichis operatively connected with a controlling rod 20. This lcontrolling `rod `may terminate in the cabof the locomotive or at any suitable convenient point where 'it may be .accuratelyl manipulate v`-by the engineer to'. openlnthe valve 16` to ermit thedesired Icharge of steam 4to be discharged `tromthe nozzle. j 'l The shaft 21 of `tlie`,cc llector .Il lis. pro;

vvidedwith ratchet "wheelw22 whose teeth are engaged by a pivoted pawl 23 upon an operating lever 24.' This lever is pivoted atv its upper end tothe forward end of an actuating member` 25, the rear end of the salfl actuating member being operatively con; ,nected with the slide valve rod 26 so that upon reciprocatory movementof the rod a corresponding movement ofthe member 25y will be had to impart the desired rotary movement to the collector. i The casil'ig 3 is provided with adependinor discharve nozzle 27 Whose lower end extends` througrthe fo.

raminous top portion 2S ofa receptacle 29.

vThe receptacle 29 is supported in any suit-` able manner by the locomotive and at the bottom the receptacle is formed with"a ysliding gate 30. 4 This ,gatenormally closes the lower end of the receptacle andis adapted for operation whereby the lower endof the receptacle can be opened to permit the dischargev of thecinders. Ifit should be desired the gate 30 may beheld open, at` all times and the cinders discharged directly i from the casing 3. By providing a plurality of revoluble pockets in fthe collector it will be understoodthat the cinders will` be held in the pocketssutiiciently long to extinguish all fire and by the time -the cinders are discharged into the nozzle 27 all fire will be extinguished therefrom and the cinders may be dropped if desired upon the road-bed of the track structure.

The foraminous sheet 10 extends downwardly and forwardly at an angle from the deflector 12 .and when the cinders are .discharged into the smoke box or forward end ofy thevboiler they will be deflected downwardly and beneath the foraminous sheet`10,

whereupon, they' will be subjected to the blast of steam from vthe nozzle 15.

acting as a conveyer for. discharging the cinders into the trough the steam will act suliiciently against the cinders to extinguish `'connected with a crank 34 which is mounted upon anpperatin shaft 35. This shaft is similar to` the-sha t 17 inthe preferred form of myfinventionand it iscontrolled by an operating rod 36. which may be extended t'o the4 cab of the locomotive or to anyV other convenient point` thereof lWhere it may be This y blast of steam against the. cinders will effeei tively carry them to theetrough 1. Besides readily manipulated by the engineer. The. connection 33 is provided with steam discharge nozzles orl pipes 37 which, when the valve 32 is open, receive steam and conve it to the smokebox as in" the manner descri ed in the preferred form of the invention. The remaining elements forming the spark arrester in the modified form of my invention disclosed in Figs. 4 'to 8 are substantially identical with those described in detail in '75 the preferred form. In this instance; how-v ever, the receptacle 29 has its gate 30 operatively-con'nected with a rod 38 which may 4` be actuated to open the lower -end of the' re-.j'

ceptacle. e v

In the form shown in Figs. 9 to 11 inclusive, I provide a compressed air reservoir 3,9

which may be attached to the boiler of the locomotivel in any convenient manner. This reservoir is connected to the header -41 by a 85 I pipe 40, the said pipe being provided witha controlling valve .42 whose stem has secured.' thereto acrank arm 43. A controlling'rod 44 is connected with the crank arm 43 wheree by the valve can be actuated to permit a dis-y 490 charge of compressedair to be conveyed to the header-41. The header 41 is somewhat similar to the header described in thepreferred form of my invention, and as shown, it carries a series of discharge pipes or lnozzles 45 which extend toward the discharge trough 46,in the smoke box. i

In Figs. 12 and 13, the trough 47 receives one end of a pipe 48, the other end of theJ said pipe being connected to a Water kdi's- 100 charge pipe 49. This pipe is provided with ,a valve 50V which may be actuated by the controlling rod 51 to permit water to be dis charged into the pipe 48. The controlling rod 51 besides being operatively connected 105 with the valve 50 for actuatingthe same is connected at its outer extremity with the crank arm 52. The crank arm 52 is carried by the shaft 53 which is mounted in the collector receptacle 54. The valve rod 55 110 which is operatively connected with the steam discharge pipe, (not shown), is operated by'a rod 56 which is identical With the valve controlling rod described in the preferred form of the invention. In all forms of my inventionit will be understood that novel and simple means are employed whereby cinders in the smoke box of the locomotive can be discharged to a trough, uid means being employed in all'120,

forms Wherebythe cinders Will be effectively carried to the desired point in the smoke box. The construction of the spark arrester herein shown and described is such that the smoke box` of the locomotive is divided into 12,5 an upper smoke compartment and a' lower cinder compartment, the said compartments being separated from each other by the foraminous material hereinbefore described so that when smoke is discharged from the re ders into the co tubes of the boiler it can make its escape from the lower compartment and to be discharged into the lupper or smoke compartment where it may be nally discharved from the stack. .The fluid means described is such that a fluid blast can be created in the lower compartment, the said blast serving as conveying means to discharge the cinlector.

I cla-im 1. The combination with a locomotive, of a spark arrester mounted in the smoke box thereof and corn rising'a discharge trough a revoluble colector located beneath the;

trough and provided with a s eries of` pockets, the said smoke box divided to form upper and lower compartments, a foraminous sheet of material for establishing communication between the compartments, the lower compartment havin a platform whichextends upwardly an4 outwardly at an angle from the bottom of the smoke box towardl the discharge trough, fiuid conveying noz- `zles mounted upon the platform and extend ing toward the forward end thereof, con` pipe of'the locomotive cylinders, a valve looperatively connected with the valve, and

a reciprocating rod operatively connected with t e said revoluble collector and with a movable part of the locomotive so that inY advance of the fire tubes, a cefiector for-7 wardly of the fire tubes and extending downwardly and outwardlyl toward the trough,

a' revoluble collector located beneath theV trough, and means operatively connectingV the collector with the valve rod to revolvey the same.

3. The combination with a locomotive and` its reciprocating valve rod, of a spark arrester mounted 1n the smoke box of the locomotive and comprising a trough located advance of the fire tubes, a delector fon'- wardly of the lire tubes and extending downwardly and outwardl toward. the trough, a revolublecoll'ector lbcated'. beneath the. trough, means operatively connecting the collector with the valve rod to revolvethesame, and a receptacle communicating x with the co-lfeetor. neet-ions between the nozzles and the steam In testimonyr whereof I alix my signa- 1 ture in presence of two witnesses. cated 1n said connectlons, a controllmg rod EMIL BROMBACHER. 

